Most of the postings I have read are literary, comparing EW to this or that author, to this or that work. ST & JP are beyond literary comparisons. They are indeed Jerusalem Experiences that can not be fully grasped outside the influence of this Holy City, straight or stoned. I invite you to Jerusalem to relive the experience, or as I have, to live the experience.

--Previous Message--: Quite a story! I'm not sure though, how we : don't get it. : : In my humble opinion Whittemore's books mean : many things to many people, so whether we : have to be stoned to get them, I must : admit I have had some insights when stoned : on pot, but tend to forget whatever it was I : discovered as soon as I am straight. : : Perhaps, as you say, one really has to read : the books in Jerusalem. It's a long way for : me, but maybe one day I will be able to : accomplish this. : : Anne : : --Previous Message-- : In 1983 my soul brother Bari introduced me : to : Sinai Tapestry and shortly thereafter to : Jerusalem Poker. I was 23, recently : divorced, having married at 20, bore three : kids, buried two, returned my ex to her : mother, with a black-coat black-hat : background, living in Jerusalem. By the time : I had finished the two books my epiphany was : complete. I recognised the Jerusalem : characters, I even have a picture of myself : with Haj Harun, the 3000 year old Defender : of Jerusalem, who always lost. No kidding. : For REAL. A few weeks ago Bari emailed me : that he had found this website. Imagine my : surprise. There are two more volumes to the : quartet! I can't wait to read them! Now for : my 2 cents. I read many of the postings on : this website and frankly, none of you get : it. Perhaps its because none of you were in : Jerusalem when you read ST or JP, or if you : were, you weren't smoking hash. And brother : Angevin Arbalest, though you have a most EW : name, you are the furthest from getting it! : What EW did for me was take me from the : ghettoes of Exile and transformed me into a : post-modern Biblical character who has : changed the future of Jerusalem. In 2003 I : re-read Sinai Tapestry, wanting to : experience it a 2nd time 20 years later. : Amazingly I was deeply disappointed. I had : transcended the experience to such an extant : that EW would be proud to know that he had : so succeeded in creating change that the : initial work he penned had taken on a life : of its own, and had surpassed his : imagination. Biblical garments and Biblical : weddings, Holy Half Shekels and Ketoret, : Techelet and more. The Holy Temple in : Jerusalem... : : : : :